This metric is based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Guidelines. It covers one of the requirements of Indicator G4-PR2 - 'Report the total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services resulting in a fine or penalty'.

Protection of health and safety is a recognized goal of many national and international regulations. Non-compliance with legal requirements indicates either inadequate internal management systems and procedures, or ineffective implementation. In addition to direct financial consequences (refer to G4-PR9), ongoing non-compliance poses increased financial risk due to damage to both reputation and employee motivation.

This Indicator addresses the life cycle of the product or service once it is available for use and therefore subject to regulations and voluntary codes concerning the health and safety of products and services.

The trends revealed by this Indicator may indicate improvements or deterioration in the effectiveness of internal controls.

Methodology

This metric is looking for the total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services during their life cycleresulting in a fine or penalty.

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Note that incidents of non-compliance in which the organization was determined not to be at fault are not counted in this Indicator.

If a number of incidents relate to events in preceding the reporting period, this should be indicated in the comments.

If the organization has identified no fines or penalties for non-compliancewith regulations noted above, please add “0”as the answer and include a brief statement of this fact as a comment to the value. If the company does not report this Indicator, submit the answer as “Unknown”.